Arts & Crafts

[Nuytsia]

Oh no worries, I was just curious! It's probably unlikely to be anything that would commonly occur in Australia anyway

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As for our previous discussion re forests, it seems that my minimal usage and definition of the term is likely to be due to a bit of a regional quirk, like 'crawchie'.

Ahhh interesting. I think of 'scrub' as a more disparaging term than 'forest' - eg when people are trying to downplay the conservation value of a patch of 'bush' (there's another term for it!) they might say something like 'oh it's just some scrub' ....I'm thinking I've picked this up mainly from Perth (as it would seem to be work related for me). I can't really recall specific examples from when I was in Melbourne, but in some ways I feel 'forest' conjures up a somewhat more European landscape than an Australian one?
Farseer I think I agree that I'd more likely use 'forest' in a more formal way, or say when I'm specifically talking about the environmental characteristics of an area ....... although I wouldn't say 'Do you want to go for a walk through the scrub?', I probably wouldn't say 'Do you want to go for a walk through the forest?' either!!!! Geeees I dunno what I'd say!

A friend came back from Tasmania and, while she didn't mention anything about fast-moving clouds, she was in awe of the massive, straight trees there. Is your forest yours to use, Nuytsia, or is it National Park or owned by someone else?

Hehehe I must admit I've seen some fast clouds lately...... and yes I love the big trees! I grew up in Victoria so was kind of used to visiting areas like that, and it was a bit of a rude shock when I went to Perth as the forest (!) there is much more open and dry with smaller trees. Yes the trees in the pic is my forest to use! Yay! (I find it hard to believe sometimes!)

I have kept some window frames from the old house and hope to turn them into some country-looking photo frames over the coming weekend....or should I say 'year'!
I've just realised your pottery bowl matches your tiles, Nuytsia, in that they all feature gum leaves. Was this on purpose or, like Wintrow, is your inner self simply coming out through your artworks?

Wooo they would be some impressive sized photo frames! (unless you had very tiny windows?)
A bit of both with the gum leaf motif! I just felt like using gum leaves ...... I do like designs inspired by nature!